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Braised Beef Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • For Braised Beef:
  • Heat oil in ducth oven until hot.
  • Cook beef on all sides until brown.
  • Add water,salt and pepper.
  • Cover and cook in a 325 degree oven for about 1 1/2 hours or until tender,cool slightly.
  • Cover and refrigerate beef and broth separately at least 8 hours.
  • Sprinkle gelatin over the 2 tablespoons water in pan.
  • Stir in bouillon and wine,
  • Cook over medium heat,stirring all the while until gelatin is dissolved.
  • Skim fat from broth,add enough cold water to broth to measure 1 cup.
  • Stir into gelatin mixture.
  • Place pan with gelatin mixture in bowl of ice and water,stir until mixture begins to thicken,about 10 minutes.
  • Cut string from beef,trim fat.
  • Cut beef into very thin slices,and arrange on large platter.
  • Coat entire surface of beef with small amount of gelatin mixture.
  • Pour any remaining mixture into loaf dish...9x5x3.
  • Cover and refrigerate beef and gelatin mixture no longer then 24 hours.
  • For the Marinated Vegetables:
  • Cook carrots and green beans in separate pans in about one inch of salted water until both are tender,about 20 minutes for green beans and about 25 minutes for carrots,drain.
  • Arrange cooked vegetables and onion in separate sections in shallow glass dish.
  • Shake remaining ingredients in covered jar,pour over vegetables.Cover and refrigerate,for about 2 hours.
  • Arrange vegetables around beef.Cut aspic in loaf dish into small diamonds and squares,arrange around beef and serve separately.
  • ~ Not many people like this Cold Beef with Aspic,I know I curled my nose the first time I was presented with such,but, have enjoyed it a great deal in these many years after being introduced to this chilled beef~
  • ~Note:Time given is for cooking of the beef and vegetables,not the refrigerate stay.~

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